Hair clip



July 6, 1948. A. LINDER 2,4,fl

HAIR CLIP Filed Aug. 27, 1946 Ira/v entoz JQLL lira/02 81 Patented July6, 1948 HAIR CLIP Aka Linder, Stockholm, Sweden Application August 27,1946, Serial No. 693,285 In Sweden September 8, 1945 2 Claims.

The present invention refers to a hair clip which is particularlysuitable for the fixing of hair dresses, said clip permitting of beingreadily inserted and removed.

The hair clip according to the invention is principally distinguished bythe feature that a pivot pin is arranged on a bar or plate provided witha central opening, said pin extending in parallel relation to the planeof the plate and having mounted thereon two double-armed levers thrustthrough the opening in the plate, said levers being spring-actuated insuch manner as to tend to swing in opposite directions, so that the armsthrust through the opening are kept resiliently pressed against theplate.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1is a plan view and Fig. 2 an elevation of a form of embodiment of theinvention.

In the drawing, l designates a plate from metal, artificial resin or thelike with downwardly folded lateral edges 2. Provided at the center ofthe plate is a rectangular opening 3 with upwardly projecting flaps 4along two opposed edges, said flaps serving as attachments for a pivotpin 5 parallelling the plate I and forming a shaft for hubs 6 on twodouble-armed levers 1, 8 and 9, l0, respectively, the one arm 8 and II],respectively, of which forms a handle, while the other arm I and 9,respectively, forms a clamping shank cooperating with the plate I.Arranged about the pivot pin 5 is a spring II, the ends l2, l3 of whichbear each on one of the levers 1, 8 and 9, l0, respectively.

When the hair clip is applied, the handles 8, ID are grasped between thethumb and the index-finger and brought, against the action of the springH, into the position indicated by chaindotted lines in Fig. 2, whereuponthe clip shanks l, 9 are thrust into the curl l4 indicated bychain-dotted lines. When the handles 8, ID are then released, the curlwill be clamped between the clip shanks l, 9 and the plate I. Thedownwardly folded edges then serve to retain the curl effectively.

The invention is not confined to the form of embodiment disclosed. Forexample, the handles 8, ID as well as the clip shanks 1, 9 may take someother form, for instance an undulate or curved shape. The plate, also,may take some other, for instance a round shape. The hair clip may beprovided with a hair ornament, such as a rosette.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hair clip consisting of a plate provided with an aperture, saidplate having mounted thereon two double-armed spring-actuated leversthrust through said aperture, the one arms of which levers form clampingshanks cooperating with the plate, while the other arms thereof formhandles for the manipulation of the clip.

2. A hair clip according to claim 1, characterized by the plate beingprovided with downwardly folded edges.

AKE LINDER.

